Magazine exchanging device for typographical machines



Nev. 2, 1943. 1.1: ROY WILLIS 2,333,610

MAGAZINE EXCHANGING DEVICE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Filed March 12,1942 INVENTOR.

Patented Nov. 2, 1943 UNITED. ST

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13F9 sw ngin referred to. It is to be understood, however, that theinvention is not limited to any particular form or arrangement of themagazine column or to main or "split magazines or to the actual numberthereof in the column, nor is it limited to any specific form ofmagazine removal means such as slides running in the magazine frames asin the aforesaid; patent or the magazines frames themselves arranged toserve as removal slides. Thus, the invention contemplates a variety ofembodiments equivalent to that herein shown and such will be includedwithin the scope of theappended claims.

- description of the various parts than is deemed necessary for a clearunderstanding of the pres- In the present instance, a column of threesu-,

perposed matrix magazinesA, is shiftably supported in a. machine'of wellknown construction on upper and lower tracks B and C respectively formedon opposed side plates D which are seent invention. Briefly, eachmagazine supporting frame G is provided with a fore and aft slidableframe or carriage generally designated K,

cured to the usual face plate E and distributor,

bracket F comprising rigid members of the machine frame. The magazines Aare of the well known split variety and cooperate each with acomplementary upper conductor portion A, the magazines and theircorresponding conductors being removably supported on separate baseframes G which are rigidly secured together in superposed spacedrelation by upper and lower tie plates H whereby .to form the unitaryshiftable column of magazines. As usual, when a magazine is disposed inoperating position on the machine it is'cooperatively aligned at itslower end with the assembler front I which is adapted to receivematrices released from such magazine in response to manipulation of thekeyboard J in order to compose a line. At its upper end the activemagazine cooperates with the usual distributing devices (not shown) ofthe machine, the latter devices serving to direct the matrices into thecorresponding active conductor A which leads them back to the magazine Afrom w'nich they were drawn.

well understood, each magazine contains a different font of matrices(matrices differing as to style or the size of type face) and it isfre-' quently necessary to exchange a magazine in order to supply thetype faces required for different pieces of composition. To facilitatethe removal of a magazine and its replacement by another one containinga desired matrix font the machine may be provided with suitable magazineremoving means preferably in the form, of a slidable conveyor capable ofsupporting the rather considerable weight of the magazine whilewithdrawing'itfrom the column in its own plane and thus easing theburden of the attendant. Such removal means may comprise, for example, askeleton framework normally confined, within the limits of the;dimensions of the magazine frame proper and slidable relative thereto toa forwardly extended position, all as disclosed in thepatenthereinbefore referred to, or it may be constituted by the magazineframes themselves arranged for fore and aft sliding relative to thecolumn.

Whatever the forn'r'of the conveyor forguiding andsupporting a magazinewhile moving it fore and aft and during an exchanging operation, thepresent invention contemplates a construction whereby the conveyor, orthe magazine sustaining portion thereof, may partake not only of therequired fore and aft movement but also a movement designed to presentthe magazine, after Withdrawal from thecolumn inits own plane andwithout necessitating changing .of the grilllor handlingof the magazineproper, at a steeper in-' said carriage. comprising fore and aftlongitudinal side rods or bars (one near each side of the respectivesupporting frame) rigidly joined together at their outer or front endsby a crosstie (not shown) whereby to form three sided skeleton framescapable of withdrawal or gravitating movement forwardly relative to themagazine frames. The side bars are let into longitudinal recesses formedin the main magazine frames in such manner as normally to accom- -modatethe carriages both fiatwise and laterally within the limits of thedimensions of said frames.

The side bars are formed at their inner ends withsuitable upstandingportions L which provide shoulders adapted to engage the rear edge ofnarrow-keeper platesM and thus limit the forward extension of thecarriages, the plates M being rigidly secured to the magazine frames(one plate at each side) and overlying the respective sidebars wherebyto retain them within the aforesaid recesses and thus to sustain thecarriages in the plane of their withdrawal. For sustaining the magazinesagainst sliding forwardly both while in the column and when conveyedtherefrom on the removal slides, and to permit return movement" of theslides merely by pushing rearwardly against the lower end of a magazineplaced onan extended slide, the side bars of the slides areprovided'with upstanding pins k and in spaced apart so as to accommodatebetween them with only a slight clearance the usual magazine stiffeningcross-bars X.

The foregoing construction follows in all es sential respectsthatdisclosed in the patent to which reference herein has repeatedlybeenmade and the improvements provided by the present invention and inone form applicable to magazine removal carriages or slides of thisgeneral type will now be described.

As clearly indicated in the drawings and with reference to only one ofthe removal slides K (it being understood that the invention may beembodied in one or more of the slides) it is herein proposed toconstruct the side bars of the slide in two sections hingedly joinedtogether at a point located somewhat beyond the forward end ofthemagazine frame after the slide is extended or withdrawn to the limitfixed by engagementof shoulders L against plates M. Thus, each side barcomprises an upper section N and a lower section 0 each of which issuitably halved out vertically so as to form an overlapping joint, seeFig. 4, adapted to hinge on a shoulder screw P. The screws P for therespective bars are preferably threaded into the inner overlappingportions of the lower sections 0 and countersunk in the outeroverlapping portions of the upper sections N. Both ends of the screwsthus lie flush with or below the vertical side surfaces of the bars soas not to interfere with sliding of the bars in the bar confiningrecesses in the magazine frames, said recesses being wide enough only toaccommodate the over-all width of the bars with a slight clearance forfree sliding movement.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the details of construction of the hinged jointjust referred to. Thus, each lower bar section is halved out verticallytoward its upper end to provide a shoulder O" and beyond that anextension Q. The bottom edge Q of said extension is formed angular tothe top edge whereby to engage a complementary angular surface N formingthe base of the adjacent halved out portion of the upper section N, suchengagement occurring when the two bar sections are straightened out withtheir top edges in a common plane as shown in Fig. 3. And in thisrelative position of the two bar sections the lower end of portions R ofthe upper sections bank squarely against the shoulders O on the lowersections over but only such vertical height (above the axis of thejoint) as will permit sections 0 to swing downward on the pivot screwsP. The oppositely disposed relatively angular surfaces S and T on theother half width portions of the respective bar sections N and 0(surfaces formed in planes passing through the axis of the joint) serve,when engaged as indicated in Fig. l, to limit the extent of downwardswing of the magazine conveying portion of the slidethat portion which,as already pointed out is constituted by the two lower bar sections 0secured together at their forward ends as by a suitable cross-tie.

It will be evident that the lower portion of the hinged removal slidejust described cannot be lowered out of the plane of its withdrawaluntil the tapered extensions Q of the lower side bars have passed outfrom under the keeper plates M. The attendant may then lower thewithdrawn magazine and slide as a unit to the more steeply inclinedposition indicated in Fig. 1. From this position where the magazine andthe slide are stably sustained the magazine may readily be graspedseparately and lifted away. In Fig. 2, a slide K is indicated afterpartial extension forwardly out of a magazine frame G, the extensions Qof the lower side bar sections O still mainr taining the lower ormagazine carrying portion of the slide in its plane of withdrawal.

After placing a new magazine on the lowered forward portion of theremoval slide (making sure that the magazine stiffening bars X liebetween the upper and lower sets of locating and retaining pins k and k)the slide may be swung upward about thehinge screws P into the plane ofthe upper portion of the slide whereupon the entire slide together withthe magazine may be pushed rearwardly into the column. A downwardly cutbevel U at the extremity of each extension Q serves to facilitate entryof the side bars 0 beneath the keeper plates M when the lower section ofthe slide is elevated and pushed rearwardly into the column. It will beunderstood that as required and as explained in the aforementionedpatent, suitable means such as insert plates V are provided for engagingnotches W in the underside of the side bars 0 to hold the slides K inmagazine operating position within the column and that the slides aresuitably arranged for disengagement (by a slight lifting at their frontends) relative to such plates in order to effect their release forgravitating movement or extension forwardly when desired.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a typographical machine having a normally inclined frame supportedtherein for limited fore and aft sliding movement in its own plane andadapted to convey a magazine disposed flatwise thereon between anoperating position within the machine and a removal position clear ofthe machine, said frame having means for locating and sustaining themagazine endwise in operating and removal positions and comprising upperand lower sections connected endwise by a non-dissociable hinged joint,said joint being so constructed as to permit the lower frame section andthe magazine thereon when in removal position to be tilted up and downto an extent limited only by said joint.

2. In a typographical machine having a normally inclined frame supportedtherein for limited fore and aft sliding movement in its own plane andadapted to support and convey a magazine disposed flatwise thereonbetween an operating position Within the machine and a removal positionclear of the machine, said frame comprising non-dissociable sectionshingedly connected together and said connection being constructed topermit limited swinging of one section of the frame flatwise, whilesupported by the other section, out of the plane of sliding movement ofthe frame when the magazine thereon reaches removal position.

3. In a typographical machine having a fixed forwardly inclined frameprovided with means for removably supporting a magazine fiatwise thereonin operating position in the machine, magazine removal means movablerelative to said supporting frame first endwise in a plane parallelthereto to convey the magazine therefrom to a position clear of theframe and then angularly fiatwise to a magazine supporting positionsteeper than said plane, said removal means including a hinged jointself-operative to limit said angular movement and also means cooperativewith the supporting frame for preventing such angular movement duringendwise movement.

4. In a typographical machine having a fixed forwardly inclined magazinesupporting frame adapted to removably support a magazine fiatwisethereon in operating position in the machine, magazine removal meansarranged for limited fore and aft sliding movement in said supportingframe in the plane of inclination thereof and comprising non-dissociableupper and lower sections hingedly connected together endwise, said lowersection being adapted to support and convey a magazine forwardly off itssupporting frame to a removal position clear of said frame and to swingdownwardly on said hinged connection upon reaching such position, andsaid connection being constructed to limit the extent of swingingmovement of said lower section into and out of the plane of slidingmovement and to sustain said lower section and the magazine thereonstably fiatwise and endwise for the magazine removal operation.

LE ROY W. WILLIS.

